A/HRC/15/52 December 2001, and recommended that the Government of Switzerland reconvene the above-mentioned conference before the end of 2010. 7. In the context of preparing a report pursuant to General Assembly resolution 64/254, the Secretary-General requested that the Government of Switzerland provide written information regarding any steps it may have taken, or was in the process of taking, further to the recommendation of the General Assembly in operative paragraph 4 of resolution 64/254.1 The Government of Switzerland responded to this request with a report entitled “Status of the talks on follow-up to paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 64/254,” which is contained in annex 3 to the report of the Secretary-General and contains information on the implementation of operative paragraph 7 of Human Rights Council resolution 13/9. 8. In operative paragraph 8 of resolution 13/9, the Human Rights Council called upon the High Commissioner for Human Rights to explore and determine the appropriate modalities for the establishment of an escrow fund for the provision of reparations to the Palestinians who suffered loss and damage as a result of unlawful acts attributable to the State of Israel during the military operations conducted from December 2008 to January 2009. 9. In response to operative paragraph 8, the High Commissioner requested guidance from the Controller of the United Nations on the modalities for the establishment of an escrow fund, including its appropriate custodian. The response received from the Controller identified a range of considerations and questions, which have been referred to the Office of Legal Affairs. The High Commissioner will provide further information on this matter following the receipt of counsel from the Office of Legal Affairs. 10. In operative paragraph 10 of resolution 13/9, the Human Rights Council requested that the High Commissioner appoint the members of the committee of independent experts in international humanitarian and human rights law and provide them with all the administrative, technical, and logistic assistance requested to enable them to fulfil their mandate promptly and efficiently. 11. As detailed in the progress report of the High Commissioner on the follow-up to the report of the Fact-Finding Mission (A/HRC/14/CRP.4), the High Commissioner fulfilled the request of the Council to appoint the members of the committee and established a secretariat to provide assistance to the committee. 12. In operative paragraph 11 of resolution 13/9, the Human Rights Council requested the Secretary-General to transmit all the information submitted by the Government of Israel and the Palestinian side, pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 of General Assembly resolution 64/254, to the committee of independent experts. 13. As indicated in his second follow-up to the report of the Fact-Finding Mission, the Secretary-General sent all the information submitted by the Government of Israel and the Palestinian side to the High Commissioner, with a request that she transmit this information to the committee of independent experts.2 The High Commissioner received and complied with the request of the Secretary-General. 14. In operative paragraph 12 of resolution 13/9, the Human Rights Council requested the committee of independent experts to present its report to the Council at its fifteenth session. It is expected that the committee will meet this request. 1 2 See A/64/890. A/64/890, para. 12. 3